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FDI inflows into Cambodia worth $48.4 bn between 2018 & 2023

21 Jun '24
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FDI inflows into Cambodia worth $48.4 bn between 2018, 2023
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  • FDI in Cambodia reached 197.8 trillion riels ($48.4 billion) between 2018 and 2023, the National Bank of Cambodia said.
  • The primary source of FDI was China (including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao), accounting for 45.6 per cent of total inflows to the country during the period.
  • Manufacturing and the financial sector attracted the highest FDI in the period.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Cambodia reached 197.8 trillion riels ($48.4 billion) between 2018 and 2023, according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC).

The primary source of FDI was China (including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao), accounting for 45.6 per cent of total inflows to the country during the period, NBC said, citing its own data and statistics from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC).

This was followed by South Korea (11.8 per cent), Singapore (6.5  per cent), Japan (6.2  per cent), Vietnam (5.3  per cent), Malaysia (4.4  per cent), Thailand (4  per cent), Canada (3.5  per cent) and the United Kingdom (3.2  per cent).

FDI inflows from other countries were just 9.5 per cent of the total, domestic media outlets reported.

Manufacturing and the financial sector attracted the highest FDI during the period.

Of the $48.4 billion FDI inflows last year, manufacturing saw 22.3 per cent of the total.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (DS)

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